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A blog about books and writing, through rainbow-tinted glasses. Every book gets a gay rating.

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Review: The Promise by Damon Galgut

A story of an Afrikaner family whose fortunes mirror that of post-apartheid South Africa.

Contemporary, Fiction, Man Booker prize, Novel, South Africa

Review: The Death Of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

An insight into the silence and stigma of living queer in Nigeria.

Contemporary, Fiction, LGBTIQ, Nigeria, Novel, queer

Review: The Dangers Of Smoking In Bed by Mariana Enriquez (translated by Megan McDowell)

There are plenty of scary creatures in this collection, but the real horror is what it says about the our world.

Argentina, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Short stories

Review: This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

A head-spinning romp through time.

Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Novel, science fiction, Time travel

Review: No Document by Anwen Crawford

An investigation into breaking down old ones and making new ones.

Activism, Australian, Memoir, Migration, Nonfiction, Protest, Refugees

Review: A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam

A meticulous and measured novel of yearning.

Contemporary, Fiction, India, Man Booker prize, Novel, Sri Lanka

Review: Dark Rise by C. S. Pacat

Although slow to get going, Dark Rise ably sets the scene for CS Pacat’s YA fantasy trilogy.

Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, LGBTIQ, Novel, queer, Young Adult

Review: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Narnia, Philip Pulman’s multiverse, David Mitchell’s “metanovel”, Hogwarts … English writing is full of people disappearing through portals into other…

British, Fiction, Novel, Speculative

Review: Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor

Brandon Taylor continues to explore Black, queer Midwest life.

America, Black writers, Contemporary, LGBTIQ, queer, Short stories, US

Best books I’ve read 2021

My reading highlights of the year!

2021, End of year review, Year in review

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A tricksy collection of poetry from poet and academic Kate Lilley.
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